Hondecoeter’s Birds

Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636-1695) was a Dutch animal painter who specialized in birds. Many of his contemporary animal painters focused on painting dead animals in still-life positions, but Hondecoeter preferred to show them in living poses. It was said of Hondecoeter that he “displays the maternity of the hen with as much […]

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